Where does “Kaffeesatzlesen” come from?
Kaffeesatzlesen (German) comes from German Kaffeesatz, from German Satz, from Middle High German saz, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Kaffeesatzlesen (German): tasseography; coffee ground reading; tea leaf...
Definitions
- tasseography; coffee ground reading; tea leaf...
Ancestry of “Kaffeesatzlesen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Kaffeesatz | coffee dregs, coffee grounds |
| 2 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 3 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 5 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |